Painters in Medellin

FAMOUS PAINTERS IN MEDELLIN

• La pintora y bailarina, nacida en 1923 en Medellín, fue una artista representativa de la región antioqueña. Falleció el jueves santo a los 92 años, según le dijo a El Colombiano Valeria Mejía, su nieta. La noticia también la confirmó el Museo de Antioquia, donde reposan algunas de sus obras.
• Ramírez estudió Artes Plásticas en el Instituto de Bellas Artes, en la Universidad de Antioquia y en la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, de Medellín.
• DORA RAMIREZ

DORA RAMIREZ

DÈBORA ARANGO

• (November 11, 1907 – December 4, 2005) was a Colombian artist, born in Medellín, Colombia as the daughter of Castor María Arango Díaz and Elvira Pérez. Though she was primarily a painter, Arango also worked in other media, such as ceramics and graphic art. Throughout her career, Arango used her artwork to explore many politically charged and controversial issues, her subjects ranging from nude women to the role of the Roman Catholic Church to dictatorships.
• Eladio Velez and Pedro Nel Gomez were Arango's instructors during her time at the Instituto de Bellas Artes, and it was Pedro Nel Gomez's murals that inspired her early watercolors Arango's watercolors are considered very significant, as they illustrated realities of everyday urban life in a way that had not previously been expressed. While many people were still painting pretty, simple images, Arango explored urban life's depths, and the grittier side of life. It was under the influence of nel Gomez that Arango's work shifted from a traditional style to become more suggestive and meaningful.

DEBORA ARANGO

• Dramatic, visible brush strokes are consistent throughout of Arango's artworks. Because much of her art has political and/or social implications, Arango's technique is used to evoke emotions and inspire the viewer. It is because of this that Arango is often characterized as a figurative expressionist.[4] Expressionism can be identified by the altering and distorting of reality to convey a subjective meaning, and this is certainly evident in Arango's works. Her style, along with her social and political subject matter, is also a factor for why Arango's work was often overlooked and/or rejected during much of her career. Cubism was the popular movement at this time, and Arango refused to cater to what was considered acceptable
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